Conditions get even colder on the Eastern Front

27th November 1941: German soldiers face a new deadly enemy - the Russian winter - and they are ill prepared

The German Army Group Centre had been able to resume their advance in winter conditions but much worse was to come.

In mid November the German offensive on Moscow had resumed when the ground had hardened sufficiently for Army Group Centre to move again. For just over a week they continued to advance against ever worsening conditions. Then a exceptional c…